Koolewong writer Wen Gibson will launch her memoir on Saturday, November 9 – a book recounting her journey from extreme childhood trauma to a life of kindness, giving back and helping others.
Stammering Against Truth is Gibson’s first book and came about from a series of poems written as a way of making sense of the world.
It explores the intimate and unflinching recollection of Gibson’s struggle to survive and confronts the belief that people don’t change.
Through appalling abuse and neglect, she finds a way to a very different kind of life, embodying resilience, healing and transformation.
With humility, understanding and beauty, Gibson delves into the plight of a stammerer, the unbreakable bonds of twinship and her body’s need to dissociate.
Her evocative imagery transports the reader from the red dirt of Broome to the streets of India and the mists of Scotland – she crosses the continents, often by bicycle, committing to radical political action and spiritual exploration, and all these pursuits help forge her growing character.
Gibson tells how she found her way to her heart and her true gender self and in doing so, she celebrates the power of kindness.
Stammering Against the Truth is a powerful and empowering book that proves past traumas need not define our futures.
Despite being a victim, Gibson demonstrates the ability to accept the dark past and look towards a brighter future, free of self-loathing and neglect.
“If we can learn how to drop into the pain, we can find a subtle, quiet presence where we can allow it all; allow, not forgive or condone or agree or rage against, simply allow,” she said.
Her book will hit the retail book shelves this weekend and is available at Umina Beach Book Nook.
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